Willett punches Masters ticket

England's Danny Willett will be a big winner in the final world rankings of the year, to be issued next week, by narrowly qualifying for the 2015 Masters.

Willett is among a dozen players not previously exempt for the season's opening major who will lock up invitations to Augusta National in April by finishing 2014 in the top 50.

However, Willett cut it ever so close in earning his first invitation to the Masters and made his move by winning the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa on Dec 7.